💡 Product Circle ╠Chat - Aligning Your Executive Team with Bruce McCarthy
​Welcome to 💡 Product Circle ╠Chat on 🕕 Thursday 3 July 2025 at 8am (AEST)
​Topic: Aligning Your Executive Team: From Competing Agendas to a Shared Purpose
Ever felt like your executive team is pulling in different directions—each chasing their own goals while product success hangs in the balance? In this powerful session, Bruce McCarthy—renowned product leader and author—will show you how to transform a fragmented leadership team into a disciplined force united by a singular, strategic vision.
​Learn how to truly understand your stakeholders, negotiate priorities, and set the right metrics that keep everyone focused on what really matters. Whether you’re navigating shifting priorities or pushing for cross-functional alignment, this talk will equip you with practical tools to rally your leadership team and accelerate business success.
Who is Bruce McCarthy ?
​Bruce McCarthy is a renowned product leader, speaker, and author dedicated to helping organizations build high-performing product teams and cultures. As the founder of Product Culture, Bruce and his team have partnered with companies like Toast, Salsify, Klaviyo, Shopfully, EGYM, Nuance, Huawei, and Johnson & Johnson to enhance product management capabilities through coaching, workshops, and organizational design .
​A serial entrepreneur, Bruce has led product teams in startups and global enterprises, including NetProspex, ATG, Oracle, and D&B. He co-authored the acclaimed book Product Roadmaps Relaunched: How to Set Direction While Embracing Uncertainty, praised by Steve Blank for modernizing product roadmapping. His latest book, Aligned: Stakeholder Management for Product Leaders, co-written with Melissa Appel, offers practical frameworks for managing stakeholder relationships .
​Bruce is President Emeritus of the Boston Product Management Association and a head judge at Harvard Business School’s New Venture Competition. He also leads an invitation-only forum for Chief Product Officers and shares insights through his weekly nano-letter, ONE THING
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​✨Attend and WIN ✨
​You know we always have something special to giveaway at every chat. This one is no different!
One lucky person will WIN a SIGNED copy of Aligned: Stakeholder Management for Product Leaders
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✨Virtual Networking ✨
​The first hour of the Chat will be recorded. Afterward, stay on for live networking with product and tech peers from around the world—no recording, just meaningful connections.
Mark your calendar, bring your questions for Bruce!
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✨Huge Speakers Booked✨
​We have great global product speakers booked every second week in 2025!
​If you missed our past speakers, catch up on the recordings with Christian Idiodi, Rich Mironov, Jason Knight, April Dunford, Bob Moesta and many other Leaders!
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​thanks,
​Irene
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Irene Liakos
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irene@phronesisadvisory.com
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